this president is micro manager even with hillary clinton. whatever john kerry does or says it's because that is what he knows or he believes that barack obama wants. personification of america minus the military force. in other countrys. in some respects insurgents are worse than assad. we know it from egypt and libya. what can we do without the military to back him up? there is a limited ability he can -- for what he can do. extend the president's will with diplomats. it doesn't matter who the secretary of state is. because they will say what barack obama wants him to say. >> bret: to the point, white house has taken control of the policy in the white house. how much power does the secretary of defense or secretary of state have in this? >> very little. it's incon consequencial who it is. he chose somebody who is going to be somebody who executes the policy. john kerry has wanted to do this for a long time. now he will. he will execute whatever barack obama tells him to do. i don't think he is bringing anything new to the table, how to deal